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                <p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">public Object</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">''Add and delete elements in a package.</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">Sub ElementLifecycle</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; Dim package as Object</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; Dim element as Object</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; package = m_Repository.GetPackageByID(2)</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; element = package.elements.AddNew(&quot;Login to Website&quot;,&quot;UseCase&quot;)</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; element.Stereotype = &quot;testcase&quot;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; element.Update</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; package.elements.Refresh()</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; Dim idx as integer</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; ''note the repeated calls to &quot;package.elements.GetAt&quot;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; ''in general you should make this call once and assign to a local</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; ''variable - in the example below, Enterprise Architect loads the element required</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; ''everytime a call is made - rather than loading once and keeping</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; ''a local reference</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; For idx = 0 to package.elements.count-1</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Console.WriteLine(package.elements.GetAt(idx).Name)</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If (package.elements.GetAt(idx).Name = &quot;Login to Website&quot; and _</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; package.elements.GetAt(idx).Type = &quot;UseCase&quot;) Then</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; package.elements.deleteat(idx, false)</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; End If</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code"> &nbsp;&nbsp; Next</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">End Sub</span></p>




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